The life science hype is over. Too many students signed up for uni, JC and poly courses on life sciences that the authorities have decided to put a halt to the media blitz. The hype is not only limited to the media - even MOE and teachers caught on the bandwagon and encouraged the smartest students to board the life science train. The young Singaporeans are really "impressionable" as you put it (some would say they are easily manipulated). I don't think we will hear much of life science any more.